Tag: sigillography

From 9 to 13 October 2017 the University of Cologne is hosting an Epidoc Autumn school in combination with an expert workshop on digital sigillography. During the first three days the autumn school will introduce the participants to Epidoc, the encoding standard for epigraphic texts and materials. Wednesday afternoon is dedicated to presentations on advanced imaging technologies in the fields of epigraphy, papyrology and sigillography. On Thursday and Friday there will be an expert workshop focusing on digital formats and standards for the description and publication of seals and similar materials.

Abstract: “The traditional model of scholarship has been an exchange of ideas built up over time, using print; but in the second half of the twentieth century this became steadily more difficult, as the volume of academic publications increased, and the cost of printing rose. Cologne was the home of new approaches, particularly in epigraphy and papyrology – the Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien series has transformed our understanding of the epigraphy of Asia Minor; and ZPE has stimulated new levels of conversation. In the home city of such innovation, I would like to ask what the 21st century might look like.”